Save Our Streets Crown Heights is proud to announce the second annual Arts to End Violence Contest. Come see the art submissions from the Arts to End Violence competition, meet the artists, and enjoy an evening of live music and food with your neighbors.

Save Our Streets Crown Heights is proud to announce the second annual Arts to End Violence Contest. The festival kicks off this year with an arts event for children and families. Come out to MAKE ART and to see the art submissions from the Arts to End Violence contest; enjoy live music and your neighbors' company! There will be art workshops and activities for children.

Community Board 8's Economic Development Committee will be holding its monthly meeting to review applications from local bars and restaurants for new liquor licenses, renewal of existing licenses and extension of licenses to permit alcohol to be served in rear yards. On the agenda this month are 10 renewals or new applications for businesses in Prospect Heights. While the State Liquor Authority makes the final determination, input from the community board can help shape guidelines as to how these businesses operate in order to preserve the quality of life for residents in the community.

Input from the community board is also significant in cases where a bar or restaurant is subject to the 500 foot rule, which restricts the approval of full liquor licenses if the location is within a 500 foot radius of three other businesses with full liquor licenses. In those cases, the presumption is that the SLA will not grant a license unless it can be demonstrated that it is in the public interest to do so. In addition to the community board's recommendation, a public hearing is required to make a determination for these applications. The public hearing agenda can be found on the State Liquor Authority's website.

The meeting will take place at 6:30 PM at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, 727 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (between Park and Prospect).

Community Boards 2 and 6 will convene a joint session of their respective Committees to review the application by the Barclays Center arena operators for a license to sell full liquor throughout the facility. The meeting will include a presentation by representatives from Forest City Ratner, and members of the public will be able to testify.

The 77th Precinct Community Council is dedicated to improving relations between the police servicing Prospect Heights, Crown Heights and Weeksville.

Precinct Council meetings provide an opportunity for community members to share concerns about neighborhood security and quality of life with the precinct command.

(Note that the boundaries of the 77th Precinct have been adjusted to accommodate the opening of Barclays Center. The 77th Precinct now covers Prospect Heights east of Vanderbilt Avenue. West of Vanderbilt Avenue is now covered by the 78th Precinct. The next meeting of the 78th Precinct Community Council will take place on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:30PM at the 78th Precinct station house, 6th Avenue and Dean Street.)